Chapter 913: Ways to Make Money

The resurrected female corpse? Franca and the others were all startled.

Last night, Lu Mian had said he intuitively believed it wouldn't be long before they encountered that resurrected female corpse. As a result, they ran into it today?

"Where?" Jenna asked, suppressing her voice.

Lu Mian looked toward the escalator without any abnormality on the surface:

"In the supermarket."

He didn't turn around immediately to track that resurrected female corpse because Franca casually looked at a corner of the ceiling and then looked around nonchalantly.

The former action was to remind Lu Mian that there were multiple surveillance cameras here, and the latter performance was to imply that there were many people and mobile phones around. If you really caused any trouble, you would likely be filmed into a short video, uploaded to the internet, and become a hot topic. And once that happened, it would very likely be noticed by the Celestial Worthy!

Although Lu Mian could use illusions like the "Mirror Maze" to affect the cameras and mobile phones, this wasn't a scene he had preset. He had to chase all the way, and it was impossible to use mirror magic every few steps.

It was just that they lived in a relatively dilapidated area of the old city, and the cameras on the main roads and at the entrances of various residential compounds were still quite numerous. Once they reached the quiet alleys where few people usually walked, there was no surveillance. Otherwise, Lu Mian's act of moving the corpse of the divine envoy Danitz would have been recorded long ago. Franca would definitely have stopped him first at that time, letting him find a blind spot for surveillance to take out the mirror and step-by-step create a "Mirror Maze" before approaching the corpse.

Hearing the godfather answer that the resurrected female corpse was in the supermarket, Ludwig's eyes lit up, and he raised his short arms:

"Let's go chase her!"

You kid have become a bit smarter, knowing how to use such things! I don't know for a moment whether you want to find an excuse to enter the supermarket to get food, or if you think that female corpse should be relatively delicious... Franca muttered silently and cast her gaze toward Jenna.

Jenna tacitly understood Franca's hint and said with a smile:

"There can't be too many people tracking. Anthony and I will take Ludwig back to the car first, and you and Lu Mian go into the supermarket to find the person."

Ludwig's expression of anticipation and longing froze on his face instantly.

"Okay." Franca took out the car keys and threw them to Jenna.

"I also want to contribute to the team..." Ludwig was dragged away by Jenna before he could finish his sentence, his disappointment and pain evident.

Franca turned around quickly, took a shopping cart from the side, and pushed it toward the supermarket. Lu Mian followed beside her, his gaze naturally sweeping over the displays and rows of shelves.

While searching for traces of the resurrected female corpse, Franca picked up things:

"Take that jar of lard, get some light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, MSG, and chili oil..." She ordered Lu Mian around without any politeness, while she herself kept putting certain kitchen supplies into the shopping cart.

Although cooking at home wastes time, it saves a lot of money!

Later, she could also go to the frozen goods wholesale market to buy some cheap goods. The only problem was that the refrigerator in the rented house was too small and couldn't hold a few days' worth of vegetables.

So you can buy things like this... Lu Mian experienced for the first time the joy of picking up goods himself without needing to find a salesperson, and with great interest, he put a bottle of alcohol into the shopping cart.

"This is cooking wine! Forget it, it's also needed." Franca glanced at this regular of the old tavern with amusement.

The two chatted and laughed in a harmonious atmosphere as they shuttled through the supermarket, no different from other families shopping around them.

Under such a disguise, Lu Mian and Franca confirmed the situation in every corner of this supermarket but did not discover any traces of the resurrected female corpse.

"She might have already gone out. Let's check out first." Franca looked at the dozen catties of freshly made noodles and a ten-kilogram bag of rice placed on top of the shopping cart, feeling genuinely happy that she could save a lot of meal money for the next few days.

Lu Mian nodded:

"We'll take turns cooking later."

Franca smiled and patted Lu Mian's shoulder:

"I'm looking forward to your cooking."

On this trip, the two bought nearly five hundred yuan worth of goods, among which the ingredients were basically the kind that were large in quantity, filling, and cheap.

After leaving the supermarket exit, Lu Mian and Franca quickly scanned the area, still not discovering the figure of the resurrected female corpse.

Almost at the same time, Franca noticed a shop with the words "Lottery" written on it.

Her heart moved suddenly, and she turned her head to look at Lu Mian, asking with full anticipation:

"Can your 'Magnify Fate' and 'Push Fate' abilities still be used?"

"Of course." Lu Mian cast his gaze toward the shop Franca had just been staring at. "But it's only at the Sequence 7 level. I can't influence relatively critical and important fates unless the probability of them happening is already very high."

A smile gradually bloomed on Franca's face, attracting the gazes of several passersby, regardless of gender.

"Let's go buy lottery tickets!"

She said with a firm tone and hidden joy.

Is this asking me to magnify the branch of fate where she wins the prize, or forcibly push fate to develop in that direction? Lu Mian had long known what lottery tickets meant. In the past, Aurora would occasionally give him gifts in the form of lottery tickets on major holidays, with a one hundred percent winning rate.

"Let's give it a try." Lu Mian's subtext was to buy a little first. Later, even if the interference with fate was ineffective in Mr. 'Fool's' dream, they wouldn't lose too much.

Franca rubbed her hands and walked toward the lottery stall with a bright and clear smile.

Before transmigrating, she would buy ten or twenty yuan worth of lottery tickets every week or two, purely as entertainment, but she had never had a return exceeding the principal.

Now, I have brought good luck!

She didn't buy lottery tickets like the Double Color Ball directly but spent fifty yuan to buy some different versions of scratch-offs.

At the same time she paid and chose, Lu Mian's eyes were dyed with a silver-white and black color.

He reached out toward Franca and hugged her shoulder in the manner of a couple, thereby completing the touch on the river of fate.

The corresponding branch was magnified.

Franca instinctively twisted her body, not quite used to such a hug, especially since this was in public.

But she quickly returned to a normal state and let Lu Mian hug her shoulder.

Her eyes had already lit up.

She scratched out the corresponding numbers!

This is worth 50 yuan!

While Lu Mian was paying attention to the various jackpot information broadcast by the lottery stall, Franca scratched all the lottery tickets, winning a total of two thousand.

"Haha!" She laughed silently and proudly.

Finally made a profit once!

Extraordinary abilities are truly great!

After redeeming the prize, Franca said to Lu Mian with an exceptionally pleasant mood:

"I'm going to buy a few bets of Double Color Ball."

Speaking of this, she lowered her voice:

"Don't worry about those branches of fate that win the jackpot; just getting a third or second prize is enough."

Lu Mian nodded gently.

Franca immediately thought of some numbers and bought 5 bets.

When walking toward the nearest elevator, Lu Mian asked Franca with a smile:

"Why don't you think about winning the first prize? I see the money for the first prize is a lot, and you can win dozens at once."

Franca wrinkled her nose and said:

"Didn't you say that you can currently only influence fates that aren't too critical and important? Things like getting rich overnight shouldn't be achievable.

"Besides, even if you could really make me win, the final result would very likely not be the one I bought. 'Fate' is already destined."

After complaining for a bit, Franca asked with concern:

"Was magnifying fate successful just now?"

Lu Mian laughed:

"No."

"... My money!" Franca blurted out, then comforted herself, "Fortunately, it wasn't much."

Lu Mian explained simply:

"I only realized when you bought them that these aren't lottery tickets where you find out the results on the spot. It will take several days for the results to come out. The corresponding branches of fate are intricate and complex, with too many variables. I couldn't see clearly which one led to the fate of winning, so I could only pick the one with special characteristics to magnify. I don't know what the final result will be."

"I can only pray for Mr. 'Fool's' protection." Franca indicated she understood.

Seeing that the elevator was about to arrive, Lu Mian looked left and right and asked thoughtfully:

"We are under surveillance, and that resurrected female corpse should be too.

"Is there any way to check the mall's surveillance to see what she came here to do?"

"We aren't police; we don't have that power." Franca answered instinctively.

"Sneak in at midnight and check it yourself?" Lu Mian proposed a suggestion.

Franca said with amusement:

"The Major Arcana card holders told us to try our best to abide by the law. Why do you always want to dance on the edge of illegal and criminal activities?"

"It's fine as long as we don't get caught." Lu Mian smiled and said, "We can't just call the police and let them investigate, right? Wouldn't that just turn back into the confrontation between Mr. 'Fool' and the Celestial Worthy? We have to utilize the police, not rely on them."

Franca pondered for a few seconds and said:

"Let's see the situation at night."

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Inside the rented house on the sixth floor.

Franca looked at Ludwig, who had his head buried in a large bowl and was moving his chopsticks constantly, and boasted to Lu Mian and the others with satisfaction:

"My cooking isn't bad, right?"

This kid is quite easy to raise. Noodles, seasonings, and a topping with a bit of minced meat are enough to satisfy him. It's not like we have to go out and eat something good!

"It's quite good, but I hope you aren't only capable of making noodles." Lu Mian drank a mouthful of noodle soup and put down the chopsticks in his hand.

"I also hope your cooking can be as good as you say." Franca responded with a smile.

Lu Mian was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed slightly.

He abruptly took a mirror out of his pocket. It was the mirror hiding the corpse of the divine envoy Danitz!

At this moment, the surface of this mirror reflected a pale palm without any luster.

This palm was reaching out from the gloom toward the outside of the mirror.

On both sides of Lu Mian, several black flames restraining madness and violence condensed instantly, and they brushed down onto that mirror like meteors.

Amidst a slight explosion, the mirror shattered suddenly, falling into the entanglement of black flames, rapidly losing its remaining spirituality.

The sound of cracking rang out one after another, and the mirror fragments fell to the ground, shattering even more.

That pale palm no longer appeared on the surface of these fragments.

"The divine envoy's corpse has mutated?" Jenna looked at this scene and asked in astonishment.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 914 =====